By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Mayor Neil Lizares of Talisay City, Negros Occidental has ordered the strict implementation of health protocols in the city following a noted spike in the number of coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, cases. In a post made by the mayor, he said there will be strict implementation of the correct …
Monthly Archives: January 2021
The curse of the gifted
Let’s be warned about this common and abidingly proximate danger. God has given us tremendous gifts. He has made us image and likeness of his. And so, he has given us intelligence and will, talents and skills, and so many other endowments that we even fail to realize. We always have to remember that with …
Leading the family business in extraordinary times
Failure to react properly to change can be an outgrowth of the firm’s history of past successes. The key leader(s) looked backward instead of forward. When myopia or the lack of foresight engulfs family members, especially the leader, it is courting danger. When indecisiveness and an extraordinary event collide, it will be the beginning of …
DOT aiming to revive hard-hit tourism industry
Tourism chief plans to introduce digital travel app for NegOcc By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Tourism (DOT) is aiming to revive the tourism industry which was hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, who arrived yesterday in Negros Occidental for a three-day visit. During the virtual press conference, …
Ferrer proposes 2-year quarrying ban
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer is proposing a two-year moratorium on quarrying activities in the province. Ferrer made the proposal after flash floods hit the province’s northern areas earlier this month. The vice governor said the stoppage will be made after the provincial government’s field inspection and review of …
Man accused of raping minor arrested
A rape suspect was arrested 11:30 a.m. yesterday in Barangay Lutungan, Igbaras in Iloilo province. Igbaras police said Benjamin Egalam of the town’s Barangay Alameda was arrested through an arrest warrant issued by Judge Nelita Jesusa Bacaling of the Regional Trial Court – Branch 67. Egalam was charged with rape in relation to Republic Act …
Bacolod man nabbed for drugs in Bago City
A drug suspect was arrested in a buy-bust operation around 2:20 p.m. on Monday, January 18, at Purok Rosas, located in Bago City’s Barangay Calumangan. Authorities identified the suspect as 46-year-old Jonie Mercado, a resident of Barangay Banago in Bacolod City. Bago City police confiscated three sachets of suspected shabu, P500 in bust-money, cash proceeds …
Religious Sto. Niño motorcade set on Jan. 22
The traditional Señor Santo Niño fluvial and foot procession during the Dinagyang Festival may have been set aside this year because of coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, pandemic but the Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI) found a way in lieu of it. A religious motorcade in honor of Señor Santo Niño is one of the activities of the …
DA-6 intensifies measures against ASF
With the increasing cases of African swine fever (ASF) in the country and with recent confirmed case in Region 8, the Department of Agriculture Region 6 (DA-6) urged the public to be more alert and called for heightened border control measures in all entry and exit points of the region. The first ASF case in …
Ilonggo Doliguez, Onwubere head to NorthPort, Guinto to ROS
By Adrian Stewart Co NorthPort Batang Pier and Rain or Shine (ROS) Elasto Painters kicked off the trading frenzy this 2021 after agreeing to a three-player swap transaction that is pending the approval of the PBA Commissioner’s Office. Based on the deal agreed upon on late Monday, Ilonggo guard Clint Doliguez and Sidney Onwubere are …